Comprehension Strategies

Best definition of "comprehension" I have ever come across - by Frank Serafini

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FIX UP; MONITORING
Build Sustained Reading Time Cris Tovani explains how everything circles around to engagement.
Monitor Comprehension STUDENTS explain how they monitor their comprehension.
Beanie Baby posters - strategies for our K-2 kids
Beanie Baby Website - posters, bookmarks, suggestions
Teacher confers with student to show her how to chunk words. Added 5/14/13. Choice Literacy Membership.
5th Grade Fix Up Strategies - Choice Literacy Membership VIDEO Added 2/17/13
Layering Picture Clues and Cross Checking VIDEO Choice Literacy Membership VIDEO 3/13/13
Decoding Multisyllable Words Choice Literacy Membership VIDEO 6/17/13
Vocabulary Word Wall Upper Grades VIDEO Added 9/26/13
Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes Foldable Added 11/24/13

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CONNECTIONS (Comparisons, Analogies, Relationships, Metaphors)
Superficial or Significant Comparisons Lesson Plan on To Make a Prairie

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RETELLING
Teacher scaffolds vocabulary needed for retelling Choice Literacy Membership VIDEO Added 2/17/13

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QUESTIONS
To Model or Not To Model How can we teach students to ask and work through problems?

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VISUALIZATION
You Make Me Smile- VIDEO. Lyrics set to images.Added 2/17/13

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DETERMINING IMPORTANCE
Keep It Or Junk It Sort important from unimportant when reading difficult text.
Ms. BBZ Determining Importance. Photos of kids at work and daybooks. Added 4/22/13.
Determining importancein Nonfiction Choice Literacy Membership VIDEO Added 3/13/13

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INFERRING
Munch a bunch of caterpillars. Strengthen INFERRING skills. Students write subhead and what they think it is. Then, read to see what it is about. There are subheads and inferential subheads (Stephanie Harvey).

Links work as of 5/27/13